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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The deal is done – DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson and Tory Chief Whip Gavin Williamson signed on the dotted line in June The DUP have abstained on a number of amendments to the government’s Finance Bill. The party also supported an amendment proposed by the Labour Party. The debate on […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJeremy Corbyn says the government must “change course or stand aside and let an election take place.” Labour is not planning a “war on business”, Jeremy Corbyn has insisted, as he told the CBI Brexit should be a catalyst for economic transformation. He defended plans to give […]

Image caption BBC footage apparently shows workers able to access content from both the insurance firm and Leave.EU – then known as The Know BBC footage filmed at Brexit campaign founder Arron Banks’s office suggests staff switched between his insurance firm and the EU campaign. In June he told a committee of MPs nobody worked […]

The Labour leader told the CBI about Labour’s Brexit plan, which he says “could win support in Parliament ” and bring Britain together. Hours after Theresa May addressed the same CBI conference, Jeremy Corbyn said the government must have the courage to “change course or stand aside and let an election take place.” Brexit latest […]

The new work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has said the UK will have a “fair, compassionate and efficient welfare system”. Addressing the Commons for the first time in the role, Amber Rudd admitted there were “problems with universal credit despite its good intentions” and that she would be “listening and learning” from experts. She […]

Image copyright PA Image caption Fiona Onasanya denies perverting the course of justice A Labour MP accused of plotting to avoid a speeding prosecution said she was overwhelmed by “thousands” of emails when she first started her job. Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya said a Russian man was behind the wheel when her car was clocked […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKen Clarke said DUP politicians had reached the “limit of their patience” The Conservative Party’s relationship with the DUP on the issue of Europe is “completely broken”, Ken Clarke has said. The former chancellor described his party’s confidence-and-supply pact with the DUP as a “bit irregular”. He […]

The new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is poised to signal a shift in approach on the government’s controversial universal credit benefits reform, the BBC understands. The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg said sources suggested there will not be a pause in the rollout of the single benefit due next summer. But she said […]

The prime minister opened her speech to the CBI conference in London talking about Brexit and new immigration rules in the UK. Theresa May spoke of an “intense week of negotiations” ahead of a European Council summit on Sunday, and she said the withdrawal agreement “has been agreed in full”. She said EU citizens would […]

The prime minster was urged to think again, not to sign her withdrawal agreement and not listen to the CBI which was branded the “Confederation of European Industry”. Theresa May was clapped as she told the un-named man that his portrayal was “a little inaccurate” and that it made sense for the UK to continue […]

The public should listen to the voice of business, and not just the politicians, the prime minister said. Taking questions after addressing the CBI conference, she was asked by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg why voters should accept her Brexit plans when some Conservative MPs thought it was an “intolerable deal”. Theresa May and Brexit […]

Image copyright Getty Images In four months the UK is set to leave the EU but nobody in Westminster is sure how. Parliament has seen plenty of drama during its tortured relationship with Europe but the House of Commons has never looked more fractured than it does on the brink of departure. Some MPs want […]